This Rocky Mountain RM7 DH bike has been with me for quite a few years and has undergone many gas powered transformations.
Its been front drive, rear drive, mid drive & even dual engine drive. This is the 1st time its been electric & I gotta say I really like it.
I dropped the front end by sliding the fork tubes up into their mounts, flipped the handlebars,flipped the stem, dropped the seat & installed some Kenda slicks. It now has amazing street bike handling with 7" of suspension front & rear.
I recently installed a Bafang BBSHD mid-drive kit onto my KMX Venom trike and was blown away by the performance and silence of this drive. I went and bought another kit from Luna Cycles to convert 'The Beast' from gas to electric. 'The Beast' was driven by a Tanaka 47R mounted on top of the top tube via some angle aluminum & a DIY shift kit.
In its current form, with the 42T Luna Eclipse chainring it'll do 35 mph and the battery lasts throughout my normal spirited neighborhood romps usually 30-40 miles (I may install a 52T just to see what kind of speed it can pull).
It charges back up quickly, or slowly depending on the amp setting I choose on my Luna smart charger (1-5 amp settings). I also chose to use the 80% instead of 100% charge setting to hopefully get more cycles out of the $500 battery pack (52V Panasonic GA cells).
I think I'm sold on electrics, and can imagine building an even more powerful 72V setup in the future.
-Lowracer-
Its been front drive, rear drive, mid drive & even dual engine drive. This is the 1st time its been electric & I gotta say I really like it.
I dropped the front end by sliding the fork tubes up into their mounts, flipped the handlebars,flipped the stem, dropped the seat & installed some Kenda slicks. It now has amazing street bike handling with 7" of suspension front & rear.
I recently installed a Bafang BBSHD mid-drive kit onto my KMX Venom trike and was blown away by the performance and silence of this drive. I went and bought another kit from Luna Cycles to convert 'The Beast' from gas to electric. 'The Beast' was driven by a Tanaka 47R mounted on top of the top tube via some angle aluminum & a DIY shift kit.
In its current form, with the 42T Luna Eclipse chainring it'll do 35 mph and the battery lasts throughout my normal spirited neighborhood romps usually 30-40 miles (I may install a 52T just to see what kind of speed it can pull).
It charges back up quickly, or slowly depending on the amp setting I choose on my Luna smart charger (1-5 amp settings). I also chose to use the 80% instead of 100% charge setting to hopefully get more cycles out of the $500 battery pack (52V Panasonic GA cells).
I think I'm sold on electrics, and can imagine building an even more powerful 72V setup in the future.
-Lowracer-
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